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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM o. DosoHEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANTEL-CABINET;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,103, dated August30, 1587,

' Application filed April 4, 1887. Serial No. 233,597. (No model.)' I

-To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. DOSOHER, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, hive invented a new and Improved Mantel- Oabinet, of'whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists of the special con struction of the cabinet, allas hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mantel-cabinet made in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed View of one of thelower corners of the cabinet, showing the adjustable end or cornerpiece.

The cabinet is formed of a frame consisting, in this instance, of abase, A, suitable uprights, B, top pieces, 0, and pieces D, formingpanels, in which glass E is set. The central part of the cabinet issurmounted with the ornamental portion F, consisting of the side pieces,f f, top cross-piece, f, and top molding, f. The face of the cabinet isprovided with the brackets a a, pillars b b, and the shelves d d. To theside uprights, B, are attached, by the screws or pins h, the ornamentalside pieces, G, which are adapted to be adjusted sidewise to extend orcontract the width of the cabinet as the length of the mantel-piecerequires. The lower end of each side piece,-G, is formed with a slot, i,and is conneoted by a pin or screw, 1', passing through said slot, to asliding bar, G, which is connected to the back of the base-piece A .by ascrew, j, passed through a slot, j, made in the said bar, as shownclearly in Fig. 2. By loosening the screw j the bar G may be movedendwise for adjusting the side piece, G, as circumstances require. Theouter ends of the bars G are ornamented like the base A to finish thelower corners of the cabinet, as will be understood from Fig. 1.

By making the cabinet adjustable as to width, as described, it will beseen that the same cabinet may be made to fit almost any mantel-piece,and hence may be moved from house to house or from one mantel-piece toanother, and fitted so that it will'always present a handsomeappearance, as though especially made for the mantelon which it maybeplaced.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with amantel-cabiuet, of the corner-pieces G,adjustably attached to the lower corners of the cabinet, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

2. The base A of a cabinet mantel-piece, provided with the slidingblocks G, in combination with the ornamental corner-pieces G,substantially as described.

' WILLIAM C. DOSCHER.

\Vitnesses:

H. A. WEsT, C. SEDGWIOK.

